Pink Floyd · The Wall

Waiting for the Worms

Waiting for the Worms is in G major at 75.7 beats per minute.

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Tempo

76 BPM · Adagiomedian of 310 analyses · 75.5–75.9 across the middle eight tenths
Key
G major1 sharp · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
82%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
310people who ran the extractor
One beat
792.6milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
442.3Hz · +9 cents from A 440
Dynamics
3.94dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.474Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.21Essentia's danceability, 0–3

Source: AcousticBrainz, dump of 2022-06-23 (CC0) · MusicBrainz core data, 2026-09-17 (CC0) · how each number is measured. Measured up to 23.06.2022 — AcousticBrainz stopped collecting in 2022, so nothing released after that date is here.

What the numbers say

310 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 82% — put it in G major, a key signature of 1 sharp. The tempo printed above is the median of the 310 readings; 91% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 75.7 BPM one beat lasts 792.6 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 198.2 ms and a dotted eighth 594.5 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 37.9 BPM, counted twice as fast 151.4. A score would mark that Adagio, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 442.3 Hz, which is 9 cents above concert A at 440 Hz — the sort of drift a tape machine or a slightly different mastering leaves behind. That is a fact about this transfer of the music, not about how it was played.

The dynamic complexity of the recording measures 3.94 dB: that is how far the level wanders from its own average, so a small number means a loud, flat master and a large one means a recording that still breathes. Its average loudness is 0.474 on Essentia's 0-to-1 scale, which is not decibels and is not comparable to a streaming service's number.

10 other recordings here are in G major; the ones listed below are the closest in tempo.

Beats per bar are not in this dataset. AcousticBrainz's analysis reports a tempo, a key and a loudness, and no time signature at all, so this page does not print one — a 4/4 here would be a guess dressed as a measurement.

Keys that fit with G major

Each of these differs from G major by at most one accidental, or shares its tonic. That is the whole of what a mixing wheel encodes; here the relations are named instead of numbered.

Delay times at 76 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note43170.40.32
Half note21585.20.63
Dotted quarter1.51188.90.84
Quarter note (one beat)1792.61.26
Quarter triplet0.667528.41.89
Dotted eighth0.75594.51.68
Eighth note0.5396.32.52
Eighth triplet0.333264.23.79
Dotted sixteenth0.375297.23.36
Sixteenth note0.25198.25.05
Sixteenth triplet0.167132.17.57
Thirty-second note0.12599.110.09

Half time 37.9 BPM · double time 151.4 BPM. Every row is one beat (792.6 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. Up in FlamesColdplayG major76BPM
  2. O Come All Ye FaithfulNeil DiamondG major75BPM
  3. PortiaMiles DavisG major75BPM
  4. After the Thrill Is GoneEaglesG major78BPM
  5. Jealous GuyRoxy MusicG major78BPM
  6. Passenger SeatDeath Cab for CutieG major78BPM
  7. Jesus Just Left ChicagoZZ TopG major72BPM
  8. Öll birtanBjörkG major72BPM
  9. End of a CenturyBlurG major80BPM
  10. Sullivan StreetCounting CrowsG major81BPM

Recordings in G major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 76 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in G majorAll songs at 76 BPMG major at 70–79 BPMPink Floyd

MusicBrainz collapses 34 recording ids into this one. Recording id da31bbd5-d020-41d8-8ed5-908c18c13c55.